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Esmeralda Prospect

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046783
MRDS ID M241991
Record type Site
Current site name Esmeralda Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.7062, 37.77605 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 4.2 AIRMILES N 70 W FROM TOWN OF SILVER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 038E 12 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.7062, 37.77605
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-And Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 15 W
    Dip 25 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (1865)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 3-4 TONS WERE PACKED ON A MAN'S BACK TO TARANTULA SPRINGS, WHERE IT IS SAID TO HAVE MILLED $100. TO THE TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • 35-FT. LONG CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E.,(1906), U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER NO. 55.

  • Deposit

    SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1976, SILVER PEAK: HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA SERIES, NO. 8: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.

  • Production

    SPURR, J.E. (1906) P. 63

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALASKITE-QUARTZ LENSES, MAY BE ON THE SAME ZONE OF LENSES AS THE GOLDEN EAGLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-81 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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